Spring vehicle-wheel.



J. B. PAYNE.

SPRING VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION min um I. 1916.

INVENTOR. Jame Egg/ve.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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JAMES B. PAYNE, OF RICHMIOND, CAJQFQRNIA.

SPRNG VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Application filed May 1, 1916.

To all whom may conce/m:

Be it known that I, Jaime B. PAYNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Contra Costa, and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and uselul improvements in SpringVlVehicle-lVheels, ol which the following is a specilication.

lhis invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheels and moreparticularly to a wheel having an auxiliary inner rim and a plurality otresilient members interposed between the auxiliary rim and the outer rimwhereby a certain amount of yielding 1s secured between the two parts.

Another object of my invention is to so construct the wheel 4that theinner portion is securely held against axial movement with respect tothe outer rim, at the same time not sacrificing any ol the resilientqualities.

Another object of my invention is to provide a slight resilient etlectbetween the inner and outer rims in the direction of rotation wherebythe variations in speed are Jartly taken up by the resilient members,reducing the shocks on the engine and tendency to slip on the part oitthe tire.

lilith these and other objects in view my invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement ,of parts hereinillustrated and more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification,

Figure l a view in side elevation of my improved wheel.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional View through the two rims showing indetail the manner oft securing,l the resilient members to these rims.

Fig. .i s a view in plan or the cap between which the resilient memberis secured.

Referring to corresponding parts in the several views by the samenumerals of rel erence, l denotes the outer rim having secured ltluretoa tire 3. On the back et this rim is secured a band fl; having a centralrib i2 to which the various resilient members are secured and at thesame time provide an :uldil'ioual reinforcement to the band. The innerrim is denoted by 5 and secured thereto is a :telly (5, from whichradiates spokes 7 lo the central hub 8. Denoted in general by S) are theresilient members illustrated in detail iu Fig. 2. These members aredisposed Specification of Letters Patent.

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lin approximately radial relation with respect to tl e wheel body and.in an angular manner betwen the band ll and the outer edge ci rimthereby securing the inner rim against axial motion with respect to theouter rim.

lit will be noled that adjacent members are attached to the oppositeside ot rim 5 thereby holding` the'lattcr against lateral movement inboth directions. lllach member comprises a block of resilient materiall0, such as rubber, held between metallic caps ll, these caps comprisinga circular plate haring openings through which pass the yoke memberslliese caps are open in thc center so that the dust and dirt may ivorlrthrough the same and are provided with a shallow rece-ss lil in whichthe rub ber block is seated.

,Lluljacent the edge ot rim 5 are provided 'the eye bolts it each havingits shank bent as shown in detail in Fig. 2. This shank extends througha suitable opening in the rim and fastened thereto by means of a nut-16. Through the eye el this bolt passes one ol the yoke members l2 theother which passes through a suitable opening l5 in the rib 2. Therubber block l0 is placed between these yolqes and the nuts 1S tightenedso as to `place this block in position under some. initial tension.

Having thus described the various parts of my intention, the operationis as follows:

`When passing over an obstruction and the wheel drops into a rut theweight of the vehicle will compress the rubber blocks in members 9 `inthe upper part of the wheel, while those in the lower will merely causethe disk ll to slide on the arms of the yoke member l2. The amount ofinitial tension in the blocks l0 being sullicient to take up anydill'ereuce in the distance between these disk members. In like mannerif a Wheel strikes an obstruction which tends to throw the wheelupwardly, this tendency is taken up by the compression or" the lowerresilient members in the same manner as just described :lor those on theupper part. It Will thus be apparent that various shocks which arenormally transmitted to the hub of the vehicle are absorbed or reducedby means of these resilient members 9. The Wheels being simple inconstruction having few parts and these parts being of such constructionthat Q i, seattle.-

they are readily placed l have provided a device which is superior tothe pneumatic tires in use at the present time.

While l have shown and described the preferred construction andembodiment of my invention it will he understood. that minor chanes mayhe made in detail and design within the scope of the clain'is Withoutdeparting from the spirit oi the inven tion.

l claim as new and Wish to cover hy Letters Patent:

A vehicle wheel comprising a Wheel body having` an inner riin, an outerriin concent `c thereto .ha-ving a rib on its inner face, yoke membersdisposed in approximately ra lial relation. te the wheel body andattached to said rinis in normally inseparable relation, and resilientdevices for cushioningl said yoles.

2. vehicle Wheel comprising` a Wheel body having an inner rim, havingeyes at its edges arranged in staggered relation, a concentricallydisposed outer rim having.; a ril) on its inner tace provided. withopenings, resilient devices interposed between said rims, and disposedin approximately radial relation with respect to the body et' the wheel,and means for connecting said resilient devices Wit-h the eyes of theinner rim and the Openings of the outer rino in normally inseparablerelation.

A vehicle Wheel comprising a Wheel body having; an inner rim, havingeyes at its edges arranged in staggered relation, a coneentricallydisposed outer rini having a rib on its inner liace provided Withopenings, yote inenibers attached to said eyes and to said openings innormally inseparable relation, and cushioning members lier said yoles,said yolce members being disposed in approximately radial relation withrespect to the Wheel body.

vehicle Wheel comprising a Wheel body having an inner riinj eye boltsatt-ached to said rim in staggered relation, a concen trically c iosedenter rire having' a rib on its inner race, yoke nienioers disposed inapproxiinately radial relation 'to the Wheel body and attached to saideye-bolts and to said rile in. normally inseparable relation, andenshioning4 devices for said yoles.

il El vehicle Wheel comprising a Wheel body haring an inner rire,eye-bolts attached to said rim in staggered relation, a concentricallydn nosed enter riin havingl a rib on its inner races7 yolie membersdisposed in approximately radial relation to the Wheel body anda'taclied to said eye-bolts and to said rih in normally inseparablerelation, bearing plates attached to the respective yolres, andcnsl'lioning devices between the hearing plates oi' the respective pairsof yolres.

l'n testimony wliereo'l3 l afii; my signature.

Jedi/llt@ B. PAYNE.

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